Nikola Ležaić

06.08.1981, Bor, Serbia, Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia

Director, producer and screenwriter. He graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, and began his career as a director with musical videos and commercials. After directing the short feature Bokser ide u raj (2007), he directed the feature film Tilva Rosh (2010) that was shown ant many festivals around the world. Besides producing his own films, he produced the drama Neposlušni (2014) by the director Mina Đukić.

Filmography

Films by this director

Tilva Rosh

(Serbia, 2010)

Directed by: Nikola Ležaić

PHOTOGRAPHY: Miloš Jačimović

Synopsis:

This is Nikola Ležaić’s debut feature film and a combination of a documentary and feature. It is inspired by real young men whom he met in his hometown. In Bor in Serbia there lies the biggest copper mine that over time became merely the biggest hole in Europe. While the miners are getting ready to protest the privatization of the mine, skaters Toda and Stefan are enjoying their carefree holidays after finishing high-school. Stefan will go to Belgrade to study, while Toda has no money or i...

drama, color, 99 min

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